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Root Server System Advisory Committee (view source)
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The '''Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)''' was created under the Article VII Section 3 (b) of the ICANN Bylaws, which gave the [[ICANN Board]] the mandate to appoint the initial Chairman of the Committee, after which the following chairman was to be elected by the members of the committee. [[Jun Murai]] was appointed as the first chairman of the RSSAC.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/murai.htm www.icann.org]</ref>
The '''Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)''' advises the ICANN Community and Board on issues pertaining to the operation, administration, security, and integrity of the Internet's Root Server System.<ref> [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rssac-4c-2012-02-25-en Root Server System Advisory Committee]</ref> It was created under the Article VII Section 3 (b) of the ICANN Bylaws, which gave the [[ICANN Board]] the mandate to appoint the initial Chairman of the Committee, after which the following chairman was to be elected by the members of the committee. [[Jun Murai]] was appointed as the first chairman of the RSSAC.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/murai.htm www.icann.org]</ref>
==Responsibility==
==Responsibility==
RSSAC was delegated to advise the ICANN Board regarding the operational requirements of the [[Root Name Servers|root name servers]] of the [[DNS|Domain Name System]] (DNS), which includes hardware capacities, operating systems, name server versions, network connectivity, physical environment as well as its security aspects. RSSAC was also tasked to review the number, location, and distribution of the root name server and its total system performance, robustness, and reliability.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-06nov98.htm#VI Article VII Section (3)b Original Bylaws]</ref>
RSSAC was delegated to advise the ICANN Board regarding the operational requirements of the [[Root Name Servers|root name servers]] of the [[DNS|Domain Name System]] (DNS), which includes hardware capacities, operating systems, name server versions, network connectivity, physical environment as well as its security aspects. RSSAC was also tasked to review the number, location, and distribution of the root name server and its total system performance, robustness, and reliability.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-06nov98.htm#VI Article VII Section (3)b Original Bylaws]</ref>
==Structure==
===Representatives===
The RSSAC includes representatives from each of the organizations responsible for operating the 13 root name servers, all of which are voting members. It also includes representatives from organizations responsible for the maintenance of the authoritative root zone, non of which are voting members. Liaisons from external organizations also participate as non-voting members.
'''Voting Members'''<br />
A/J- [[Brad Verd]], [[Verisign]], Term Expires: 31 December 2015<br />
B- [[Was Hardaker]], [[University of Southern California]], Term Expires: 31 December 2017<br />
C- [[Paul Vixie]], [[Cogent Communications|Cogent]], Term Expires: 31 Expires 2017<br />
D- [[Tripti Sinha]] (Co-Chair), [[University of Maryland]], Term Expires: 31 December 2016<br />
E- [[Kevin Jones]], [[NASA]], Term Expires: 31 December 2016<br />
F- [[Jim Martin]], [[Internet Consortium]], Term Expires: 31 December 2015<br />
G- [[Jim Cassell]], [[US Department of Defense]], Term Expires: 31 December 2016<br />
H- [[Howard Kash]], [[US Army Research Labratory]], Term Expires: 31 December 2016<br />
I- [[Lars-Johan Liman]] (Co-Chair), [[Netnod]], Term Expires: 31 December 2015<br />
K- [[Daniel Karrenberg]], [[RIPE NCC]], Term Expires: 31 December 2017<br />
L- [[John Crain]], [[ICANN]], Term Expires: 31 December 2015<br />
M- [[Jun Murai]], [[WIDE Project]], Term Expires: 31 December 2017<br />
'''Non-Voting Members'''
*[[Elise Gerich]], [[IANA]], IANA Functions Operator
*[[Ashley Heineman]], [[NTIA]], Root Zone Administrator
*[[Duane Wessels]], [[Verisign]], Root Zone Maintainer
*[[Daniel Migault]], Liaison from the [[Internet Architecture Board]]
*[[Russ Mundy]], Liaison from the [[SSAC]]
*[[Suzanne Woolf]], Liaison to the [[ICANN Board|ICANN Board of Directors]]
==RSSAC Projects==
==RSSAC Projects==